EP 1280315 B1 20070829 - Apparatus and method for providing network security
Title (en)
Apparatus and method for providing network security
Title (de)
Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Schaffung von Netzwerksicherheit
Title (fr)
Dispositif et méthode de sécurité d'un réseau
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 93900496 A 19920731
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1280315A1] A network security apparatus for a computer network is described. At least one user coupled to the apparatus, the at least one user selected from a group consisting of a host computer and a second untrusted network. The apparatus comprises a secure network interface unit (SNIU) having a first coupling to said at least one user and a second coupling to the computer network, which operates using a layered communications protocol, said SNIU providing security control by controlling access to the computer network at least one layer above the transport layer of the communications protocol. The SNIU is implemented to create a global security perimeter for end-to-end communications and at least a portion of a security management architecture, including a SNIU security manager (SSM) for causing said SNIU to be initialized, operated and configured for protecting the security of communications transmitted through said SNIU, said SSM capable of participating in the implementation of at least one of a plurality of security policies. <IMAGE>
IPC 8 full level
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04L 63/0218 (2013.01); H04L 63/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/1458 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 02077420 A 19920731